Open AccessBuilding long-term vision for rural areas through multi-actor platforms: a preliminary study in the Emilia-Romagna region
Author(s) -
Emilia Pellegrini,
Meri Raggi,
Davide Viaggi,
Stefano Targetti
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
open research europe
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2732-5121
DOI - 10.12688/openreseurope.13293.2
Subject(s) - vision , backcasting , futures contract , context (archaeology) , citizen journalism , term (time) , futures studies , rural area , geography , environmental planning , process management , regional science , cartography , political science , business , computer science , sociology , artificial intelligence , world wide web , ecology , physics , archaeology , finance , quantum mechanics , anthropology , sustainability , law , biology
Developing long-term visions through participatory approaches can be very useful to explore different possible scenarios and pathways to reach desirable futures. This brief report describes a participatory process carried out in the Emilia-Romagna region (Italy) to develop a long-term vision for rural areas by 2040. This approach consisted of: (i) interviews and a focus group carried out with a multi-actor platform (MAP) composed of experts from science-society-policy sectors, and (ii) an on-line questionnaire addressing a larger number of rural stakeholders of the region. Mixing expert-based consultation through the MAP with a more inclusive consultation approach resulted in an effective method to build long-term visions in the very heterogeneous rural context of the Emilia-Romagna. However, this study only constitutes a preliminary step into a more elaborated backcasting approach.